My 2005 electric stove's two of its burners no longer work, the big 8inch ones. My handyman wants $225 to buy 4 new burners (2 8inch and 2 6inch) and the element, including his $75 fee for labor. The 2 8inch burners cost $71 and I was going to buy them, but I read the element MUST be replaced anyway, which I don't want to mess with trying to do myself. A comparable brand new stove will cost me about $500, which includes free shipping and installation and disposal of old stove.
Ordinarily I won't pay more than 1/3 the cost of a new appliance to fix the old one, but on this I am stumped. Would you pay $225 to fix a 13 year old stove that you can buy brand new for $500? And $500 is the cheapest I could find, most of the others are way higher and almost all the others have the smooth top and I would rather have the coils and pretty soon I won't be able to buy the ones with coils (I heard the smooth ones scratch easily and you have to be extremely careful).
Opinions please!
Tip to me from my appliance techie.
Dont use the self cleaning feature.
Yeah, I got the same advice.
Very interesting. My oven has a neat fast-clean feature. You put a bowl of water inside, set the fast clean and it gets hot enough to create steam for about a half hour- making it easier to wipe off loosened grease.
My stove is about 3 years old and I've never used that feature. I usually wipe up spills as they happen and have used the full-clean cycle twice.
A bowl of Ammonia left in the oven overnight loosens the grease.
I never heard of the fast clean feature but it sounds like a winner.
Knock wood, my stove is the one that I got new with my house. 25 years ago. It is a GE. It is a gas stove. Granted I rarely use the oven anymore, as I have my convection oven and my hot air cooker. But it has served me well.
PVC, let us know what you decide to do.
Marie, still mulling the decision. I've noticed that the older I get (I'm 76), the harder it is to make a decision. I actually agonize over a decision, whereas when I was much younger I used to do it right away. I love my old stove, know how to use it, it came with my newly built house, new stoves cost a lot and now you can't find many with burner coils and most have the glass tops and the self-cleaning ovens (read Camper6's link). I may just decide to kick the can down the road and make a decision when ALL my burners die. I might be in assisted living by then and not need a stove.
Happy Birthday Marie and HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone and thanks for holding my hand in this thread, you guys are the BEST!
My 2005 electric stove's two of its burners no longer work, the big 8inch ones. My handyman wants $225 to buy 4 new burners (2 8inch and 2 6inch) and the element, including his $75 fee for labor. The 2 8inch burners cost $71 and I was going to buy them, but I read the element MUST be replaced anyway, which I don't want to mess with trying to do myself. A comparable brand new stove will cost me about $500, which includes free shipping and installation and disposal of old stove.
Ordinarily I won't pay more than 1/3 the cost of a new appliance to fix the old one, but on this I am stumped. Would you pay $225 to fix a 13 year old stove that you can buy brand new for $500? And $500 is the cheapest I could find, most of the others are way higher and almost all the others have the smooth top and I would rather have the coils and pretty soon I won't be able to buy the ones with coils (I heard the smooth ones scratch easily and you have to be extremely careful).
Opinions please!
I would fix the old one. I agree with Meagain. Additionally the new stores are designed to last about as long as the warranty and the repair bill on the new stuff is going to be higher since it will probably require a brand service person. I'm not a fan of the self cleaning ovens due to high temps involved and the impact it has on the stove and surrounding cabinetry. they get very hot and the ones I have been around take quite a while to work as well as smell terrible.
Additionally, if you have a senior center in your area. Check with them about help in repairing the stove. I volunteer to one one in our area and we will go out and change the coils for folks at no charge. Sometimes the owner buys the coils other times they are sponsored or paid for by other folks/companies in the area. Just a thought.
PVC,
I took a look back in the thread and saw that you have a whirlpool range/stove. I took some liberties and looked at what I could find on line for that range (general search, because uncertain of the model number) but the parts are quite cheap for the stove I looked at their is a video there as well.
I tried to post a link to it, for your reference:
https://www.repairclinic.com/PartDetail/Coil-Surface-Element/4392061/587634
Hope it helps.